Wes Moore: How to talk to veterans about war
وس مور: چه طور با سرباز ها راجع به جنگ صحبت کنیم
Wes Moore's life transformed with these words out of his mother's mouth: "I'm sending you to military school." The author of the book, "The Other Wes Moore," he is now a vocal advocate for America's youth as well as for fellow veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Full bio
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سربازها حرف بزنم،
چون
به خوبی انجام دهم.
had joined the military at all,
عضو ارتش نشده بود،
ever since I was eight years old.
از وقتی که هشت ساله بودم.
و میگفتم
to show me she wasn't playing around,
که نشان دهد
و من:
serious, and I'll work harder."
بیشتر کار میکنم"
"مامان،
I'm going to work harder."
بیشتر تلاش میکنم."
that surrounded the school,
that if we don't want to be there,
که
دوست داشتم شناختم
was part of something bigger,
یک مجموعۀ بزرگترم،
و این واقعاً برای مردم مهم بود
که میخواستم بکنم کردم،
kind of like military school.
اجازه دهم ادامه بدهد."
paperwork that she was signing
که امضا میکند
وجود داشت.
به سربازها فکر میکردم.
on a plane heading overseas,
اما من با ارتش به خارج نمیرفتم،
through all my training with,
با آنها سر کردم
که حقیقت
ساخته شده بود
به ارتش
ready to deploy to Afghanistan,
به افغانستان برویم،
my unit for the first time,
کجا
حرف بزنید،
for completely different reasons.
آمدند به خاطر حس مسئولیت.
wanted some form of revenge.
به نوعی انتقام میگرفتند.
collection of different reasons.
back from a conflict zone
از منطقۀ درگیری خارج کنید
عرق پیشانی خود را
walk around with white lights,
اگر خارج از هرجا،
in the middle of Times Square,
I wanted to talk to people.
میخواستم با آدم ها حرف بزنم.
حرفی نزنم.
تجربۀ مشترک،
you for your service' mean to you?"
یعنی،
people who we serve with, have,
means acknowledging the fact
به این کشور
خدمات بسیار زیادی
was to be a baseball player.
بیسبالیست باشد.
leg, that second dream is over,
dream of playing baseball,
استفاده میکند.
عمل نمیکند.
commands that her legs are giving
نجات میدهند،
recuperation back at home,
نماینده اش هستیم.
وسیلۀ نقلیه رفته
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wes Moore - Author, advocateWes Moore's life transformed with these words out of his mother's mouth: "I'm sending you to military school." The author of the book, "The Other Wes Moore," he is now a vocal advocate for America's youth as well as for fellow veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why you should listen
Wes Moore grew up in Maryland in the early '80s and, after his father passed away when he was three years old, he started acting up. Eventually, at age 13, his mother sent him away to military school. This turned out to be a life-changing experience. He adjusted well to the rigid order and took off academically, going on to study International Relations at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship.
In his bestselling book The Other Wes Moore, he takes a hard look at how his life might have unfolded. He does this by interviewing a man who shares his name and had a similar upbringing, but who is serving life in prison for the murder of a Baltimore police officer. It's a beautifully-told tale that shows how lives pivot on circumstance. Moore donates a portion of the book's proceeds to charities focused on empowering America's youth.
A paratrooper and Captain in the United States Army who served a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Moore is also an advocate for veterans. In the PBS special Coming Back Home with Wes Moore, he uses his interviewing chops to talk to other veterans about their experiences returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Moore is also the host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
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